Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 10 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Grasses and Grass-Like
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Small
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 18-24'' x 18-24''
Natural Growth Habit: Mounding, Clumping
Native To: New Zealand
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Inconspicuous
Bloom Time: Summer
Special Features: Cold Hardy / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Fall Color / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #1
Sunset Garden Zones: 4-9, 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-9
Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’ is a cultivar of New Zealand Hair Sedge known for its shimmering, arching, olive-green foliage with bright orange tips that intensify with sun exposure. The foliage takes on stronger orange and red tones in fall and winter. This evergreen perennial has a mounding habit, is deer resistant, and drought and salt tolerant once established. It grows well in full sun to part shade, prefers moist, well-drained soil, and is cold hardy. Suitable for borders, mass plantings, green roofs, erosion control.
Carex testacea ‘Prairie Fire’ is a cultivar of New Zealand Hair Sedge known for its shimmering, arching, olive-green foliage with bright orange tips that intensify with sun exposure. The foliage takes on stronger orange and red tones in fall and winter. This evergreen perennial has a mounding habit, is deer resistant, and drought and salt tolerant once established. It grows well in full sun to part shade, prefers moist, well-drained soil, and is cold hardy. Suitable for borders, mass plantings, green roofs, erosion control.
